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Newspaper
Bryan Morning Eagle
Location
Bryan, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1907
Page
4
A historical ad promotes Dr Shoop's Magic Ointment as instant relief for piles with emphasis on specificity to piles. It claims Restorative internal use supports liver and stomach sluggishness and notes the product is sold for 50 cents.
State Treasurer Sparks argues larger counties should retain county convict farms. He cites Bell county records showing the farm earned $1000 over expenses last year and warns abolition would leave county convicts idle in jail, costing more.
Assistant Attorney General Pollard holds druggists who merely sell drugs cannot treat diseases unless licensed physicians. It is unlawful to sell remedies on streets or other places for curing diseases unless the seller is a licensed druggist or a physician qualified under the new medical act.
Dallas report details James H. Phillips a 29 year old sub rail mail clerk on the Texas and New Orleans railroad claiming he was assaulted after being challenged by a white man near the Athens depot. United States District Attorney Atwell will seek state action on the matter. Phillips says he did not receive a prior notice to work on streets and that he had been staying in Athens while on the run.
Harry Williams was not hanged at Beaumont as scheduled. A two week respite was granted by Governor Campbell to allow Williams and his attorneys to perfect an appeal to the US Supreme Court. If courts do not intervene, the execution date remains set for August 30.
Clarude Schwab, a local druggist, was attacked by a tied horse behind Jungkind's drug store. The animal clamped his left arm, tearing muscle from bone and removing flesh. Doctors fear possible amputation and worry hydrophobia may develop.
A blaze in Hubbell Michigan on Saturday destroyed twenty two dwellings a four story hotel the post office and coal sheds leaving an estimated loss of one hundred thousand dollars. Fire officials reported the village nearly wiped out by the flames with extensive damage and high social impact on residents.
N J Bell awards contract for a fourteen story office building at Lee and Montgomery streets in Montgomery. Cost not less than 450000 dollars. First story and basement for stores. Completion required by Sept 1 1908. Wells Bros of New York the bidders. Building to hold 306 offices and be fireproof with vacuum heating Durham plumbing electric lighting and ice and hot water.
Chicago August 17 telegraphers strike shows a waiting game with companies claiming stronger position and higher business at main offices. Union officials say carriers are hopelessly crippled while peacemakers make no progress and the general strike order causes little to no interference, only seven men called out in twenty states.
Washington August 17 Commissioner of Labor Net arrived from Chicago after a vain attempt to settle the telegraphers strike. He says he will take no side for now but stands ready to mediate if called upon.
Reno Nevada August 17 Ed ward H Harriman told State Journal reporters at Sparks that he would prefer running all railroads himself but said the time is not yet right for federal ownership He claimed his words were misunderstood and that he would hand his holdings to the United States for fair compensation if such a plan ever materialized.
In Topeka on August 17 Judge McPherrin denied Mutual Life Insurance of New York’s bid to exhume L. H. Perkins of Lawrence who died after a December fall from his residence. Perkins held a $100,000 policy and the company disputed death by poisoning. The court ordered the insurer to cover court costs.
E Bes ter, a shooter for the Producers' Torpedo Co, survived a runaway horse crash south of Butler. A rig carrying four cans of nitroglycerin wrecked, but the explosive remained intact and did not injure him.
Ellis county reports 152502.26 in cash and bonds while Falls county valuations reach 15194789 up over 6 million from 1906. Chickasaw nation to open 100 schools. Fires, shootings, and accidents occur in Braggs Oklahoma Dublin Texas Latisaw and Decatur area with multiple injuries and fatalities.
Brenham Texas August 17. At McGregor fifteen miles from here a two year old child of Charles Merring fell into a pot of boiling water while at play and was cooked to death.
Paris Texas August 17 John Bullington a traveling salesman for North Texas Dry Goods Paris was injured in a runaway in the Indian Territory A buggy wheel spoke penetrated his side He was brought here by train for treatment.
Dallas reports that W. H. Hancockee fell under a Fairland street car in Fort Worth as he tried to board. His left arm was severely injured and had to be amputated near the shoulder.
Dallas reports the Baptist General Convention of Texas board selected San Antonio as the site for the 1907 state convention to be held in November. The decision sets the venue for the annual gathering of Texas Baptists.
Annie Miller nineteen wife of Adam Miller killed herself with strychnine at her uncle August Dawson’s home in northeast Tulsa after her husband left her amid parental opposition. The couple had wed at Afton two years earlier. Miller departed saying he would not return. Annie left a note to a friend saying she did it for his sake and would rest in a lonely grave as wind songs haunt her mound.
Robert Pinkerton head of the Pinkerton detective agency died at sea on the Bremen Aug 12 while en route to Germany for health reasons. He was American born and led the firm founded by his brother who died years earlier, after whom the agency is named. He had been in frail health for some time.
Caleb Powers says Governor Buckhanan lacks power to protect former Governor Taylor in Kentucky and suggests full pardon by Governor Beckham if protection promises fail, as he contemplates returning to testify in the Powers case.
Cincinnati Aug 17 John K Owens a noted writer and traveler ended his life after an interview with Mrs Bonnie Tucker former wife of a local politician He swallowed laudanum at a rooming house seeking reconciliation with her after deserting his wife and home
Five miners were killed and six injured when the elevator cage at the Sonman Coal Company near Johnstown toppled from a height, dropping 490 feet.
New York August 17 George Washer was exonerated by a coroner's jury and discharged from custody. Mrs Madeline Langlotz described her father as cruel while recounting the tragedy in which her father killed his wife and the daughter then the daughter killed her father.
A Parker county watermelon weighing 100 1.2 pounds was received in Fort Worth. It was grown on Dan Bull’s Weatherford area farm, recognized as the world’s champion grower. Bull’s melon of 114 pounds previously won first prize at the St. Louis World’s Fair.
New York on August 17 Robert Gin cashier at the Stapleton National Bank Stapleton Staten Island was arrested and charged with being twelve thousand dollars short in his accounts.
London authorities report the pure food bill introduced by John Burns, president of the Local Government Board, was adopted in the house of commons. The measure aims to regulate food quality and safety.
In Cienfuegos Cuba on August 17 two new yellow fever cases were reported along with one case at Alacrance. health authorities monitor the outbreak and advise precautions for residents and travelers.
Bubonic plague has appeared in Frisco San Francisco with one death reported. Health officials investigate and urge caution as authorities monitor the outbreak.
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